Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 4:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 4:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 4:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, this verse describes a big bowl that sat on top of twelve statue cows. The cows faced different directions, showing that God is everywhere and cares for everyone.

2 Chronicles 4:4: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse commands not to make graven images, which contradicts the making of the oxen under the sea in 2 Chronicles 4:4.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

Describes God as not dwelling in temples made with hands, contradicting the physical temple and its ornaments described in 2 Chronicles 4:4.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:1

States that heaven is God's throne and earth His footstool, contrasting with the notion of God's presence in the physical structure supported by the oxen in 2 Chronicles 4:4.

Isaiah 66:1: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
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